Abstract

Fishermen in and around Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam are excited as a new fish is being caught off Kerala's coast in a certain time period over the past two years. The new fish that has excited them is the Japanese ruby fish (Erythrocles schlegelii) - called Imbooraan in local parlance - which is brought to Vizhinjam's landing centre.
Interestingly, this fish has not been reported in India, except once at Veraval in Gujarat in 2013.